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, seamen J. WYLE, or PROVIDENCE, anom: ISLAND.

CARD GAME.

Application filed March 19, 1924. Serial No. 700,248.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD J. WYLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Games,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a card game typifying the buying and sellingof'shares of stock on the stock exchange; and the object of thisinvention is a provision of a pack of specially designed playingcards inwhich a predetermined number of persons may be entertained when playingthis game and which possesses certain attractive and novelcharacteristics.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pack of playing cardswhich is divided into a plurality of suits, each suit typifying adiflerent existing condition in the affairs of the world which tends toaffeet the price of different commodities as quoted on the stock marketand each suit is made up of cards of different designated values andwhen played tend to affect the market price of the commodity selected tobe bought or sold short during the play of the game.

With these andother objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fullydescribed, andparticularly pointed .out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a card from the suitdesignating business, which is illustrated as the plus one value.

Figure 2 represents a card from the suit designating the Nations cropswhich is illustrated as the plus two value.

Figure 3 represents a card from the suit designating national politicswhich is illustrated as the plus three value.

Figure 4 represents a card from the suit designating foreign trade whichis illustrated by the minus four value.

Figur 5 represents a card from the suit which tends to abnormally affectthe price of shares of stock on thestock exchange which is illustratedas a minuseight value;

Figures 6 and 7 represent discs or units for designating the buying andselling short conditions under which each player is oper ating.

Figure 8 represents a cert ficate of stock in the commodity which hasbeen selected to be bought and sold during the play of the game.

Figure 9 represents aboard divided into squares each square having adifferent number thereon to indicate the different prices of the stockbought-and sold during the play of the game. 7

Figure 10 illustrates a marker which may be moved from onenumberedsquare to another on the board, illustrated in Figure 9, toindicate by its .position the current market price of the stock duringthe game. Figure 11 shows an outline of one form of score card which maybe employed for the convenience of each player on which he may 7 keeptrack of his transactions during the game. a

- In this game which is called the market, I employ a pack of cards,preferably forty 4. A suit representing the condition of foreign tradeon each card of which is shown a steamship.

5. A suit representing abnormal condiin number, which is divided intofive diftions, which could afi'ect the prices of a particular stock,such as a war scare, a panic.

a division of surplus earnings and other like conditions which affectthe mind ofthe trading public, and on each of these cards is therepresentation of a bag of gold.

In each suit there are a'plurality of cards preferably eight in number,four of which have one color and representplus'or posi tive values, theother four being of a different color and represent negative or minusvalues. each card of the plus or positive set beingnumberedconsecutively to indicate that they have different or. gradedvalues, and each card of thenegative set is correspondingly numbered todesignate correspondingly graded negative values.

This game in addition to the'above mentioned cards also includestwounits for each player, being represented in Figures 6 and 70f thedrawing as discs upon'the face of one of which appears therepresentation of a charging bull, and on the face of the other appearsthe representation of a bear, one of which discs is used by each playerat the beginning of the game to indicate Whether he has elected to buyor sell short.

Also in this game, cards or the like may be made up to indicate stockcertificates, such .as illustrated in Figure 8, which are supplied toeach player and which he may buy or sell during the play and transfer tothe different purchasing players.

In order to designate the current price of a particular stock beingmanipulated during the play of the game, I have provided a board asillustrated in Figure 9 which is sub-divided into a plurality ofsquares, each square being numbered and a portable unit is also providedwhich may be moved about on the board and set upon any one of thesenumbered squares to indicate the current price of the stock as itchanges during the play.

Procedure;

This game is designed to be played by four persons A, B, C, and D. I Anarbitrary opening price for the shares to be dealt in is firstdecidedupon and the marker is po sitioned upon the numbered square on the boardcorresponding to this opening price. Each of the players is providedwith a bull and a bear disc carrying his corresponding letter, A, B, C,or D. He is also pro'vided with a certain number of shares of stock asillustrated in Figure 8. ,After the pack of cards has been thoroughlyshufiled they are all dealt to the players, ten to each. Each player nowexamines his cards and decides from their character whether there willbe a chance to force the "market up or force it down, that is, whetherhe has the power by the strength of his hand to move the arbitraryopening price up or down. If down he places the bear disc face down onthe table and it up he places the ,bull disc face down on the table,each of which indicates that he either buys or sells short a certainnumber of shares. Now each player has determined upon his policy offorcing the price of the stock from its opening price either up or down.The player at the leftof the dealer leads from one 'of the suits, all ofthe other players in rotation mustfollow and play a card from the samesuit, if they have one, if not they must discard from another suit orplay a trump card, and the one playing the highest unmatched card of thesuit led, or highest trump, wins the trick, and entitled to the nextlead whereas if all'of the cards are matched the player leading thatsuitleads again.

Bythe term matched is meant the pray. ing of two'card's of the samesuit, one of plus andthe ather (if a relative "I'fiin iis 4 Valuethereby neutralizing the count of cards so matched. If the cards are notall matched or neutralized, the effect of each trick of four cardsplayed is to raise or lower the price of the shares of the stock beingdealt in an amount corresponding to the sum of the values of the cardsplayed in this trick exclusive of discards. It will be understood thatthe numbers on some cards have a plus and others a minus value and theamount obtained by adding together these numbers in each trick is addedto the former market value, thereby raising or lowering the price of thestock being dealt in and the marker on the board is then shifted toindicate this new current price thus obtained. a

After all of the cards are played the game comes to a close and thescores of each player are reckoned. The position ot the marker on theboard indicates the closing price of the stock being dealt in, and,therefore, on this basis the scores of the different players are settledby taking the difference between the opening and closing prices r1i-lmultiplying that number by the number of shares each player bought, orsold short is indicated by his bull or bear discs on the table which arenow turned and exposed.

If the closing price is higher than the opening price the person playingthe bull disc wins a certain number of points while the person playingthe bear disc loses a corresponding number of points.

I have described the simplest form of 'manip'ulatingthe cards to playthe game of this character but it is apparent that any definite numberof suits can be employed and different rules of manipulating the cardsor other factors such as shares of stock in the play of the game may beprovided to make the game as simple or complex as desired. Computingtables may also be provided for simplifying the keeping of the score ifdesired.

I have shown certain representations on the different cards to indicatecertain conditions or commodites but it is understood that these may bevaried to indicate other corresponding commodities or conditions.

I claim:

1. A, card game comprising a pack of cards divided into a plurality ofdifferent suits, each suit typifying a different marketaft'ectingcondition having cards of graded plus and minus values.

2. A pack of cards divided into a plurality of different suits typifyingdifferent market-affecting conditions of a predetermined commodity, eachcard of each suit having a different designated plus or minus valuewhich when played tend to increase or decrease the market price of thecommodity being dealt in. a

3. A pack of cards divided into a plurality of different suits typ lvingla'tsitless politics, national crops, foreign trade and also abnormaleffects on the market price of a predetermined commodity, each suithaving cards of different values which when played tend to varyinglyaffect the market price of said commodit 4. A pack of cards divided intoa'plurality of difi'erent suits typifying business, politics, nationalcrops, foreign trade, and also abnormal effects on the market price of apredetermined commodity, each suit having cards of differently indicatedplus and minus values which when played tend to increase or decrease themarket price of said commodity proportionally to the indicated Value ofthe card played.

5. A card game comprising a pack of cards divided into a plurality ofdifferent suits, each suit having cards of plus or minus values, incombination with a set of indicating members for each player which whenplayed determine the plus and minus conditions under which each playeris operating.

6. A pack of cards divided into a plurality of different suits typifyingdifferent market afi'ecting conditions of a predetermined commodity,each card of each suit having a difierent designated value which I alsoabnormal effects on the market price of a predetermined commodity, eachsuit havin cards of different values which when played tend to varyinglyaffect the market price of said commodity, and a set of indi eatingunits which when played determine the buying or selling conditions underwhich each player is operating.

8. A game comprising units indicating shares of stock and a pack ofcards divided into a plurality of different suits typifying differentstock-affecting conditions, each suit having cards of differentdesignated Values which when played tend to vary the market price ofsaid shares of stock.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BERNARD J. VVYLE

